Category: xiaomi

Xiaomi’s Black Shark 3 Pro gaming phone has pop-up shoulder buttons

[ad_1] The Black Shark 3 Pro has a 7.1-inch, 3,120 x 1,440 AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate. Its 270Hz touch sampling rate makes it that much more responsive to your finger taps, and it comes with a 5,000 mAh battery. The 8GB RAM version costs 4,699 yuan ($675), and the 12GB RAM option […]

India is now a larger smartphone market than the US

[ad_1] This isn’t to say non-Chinese brands fared poorly, but the results were mixed. Apple grew quickly at the end of 2019 thanks to iPhone XR price cuts and the debut of the iPhone 11. Samsung, however, saw flat results at the same period and ultimately declined five percent in 2019. It’s not shocking that […]

Xiaomi is spinning off its Poco brand into a new company

[ad_1] Xiaomi is the fourth-largest smartphone maker in the world and is particularly popular in India. While it largely sells low- and mid-range devices, it launched the Poco sub-brand in 2018 to compete with high-end smartphones from Samsung, OnePlus and others. However, since the Pocophone F1, the brand has yet to launch another smartphone. Xiaomi […]

Google confirms ‘issue,’ disables Xiaomi link to Assistant and Google Home

[ad_1] Over the last day or so, a poster on Reddit has reported that trying to view the feed from his Xiaomi Mijia 1080p camera on a Google Nest Hub resulted in a feed that included still images, apparently showing cameras in stranger’s homes. Android Police picked up on /r/Dio-V’s situation, as he posted video […]

Everything in our holiday gift guide that you can buy for $50 or less

[ad_1] TOYS Skyrocket Pomsies Lumies There’s no shortage of toys that light up, laugh or purr, but Skyrocket’s Pomsies won our hearts with their adorable and wearable design. Now they’re back as unicorns with a new ability: color reading. The Lumies still want to be loved and petted. But now kids can play hue-based games […]

Xiaomi is adding early earthquake warnings to MIUI phones in China

[ad_1] Xiaomi smartphone and set-top box owners in China will soon have access to potentially life-saving early earthquake warnings right on their devices. At its annual Mi Developer conference in Bejing, the Chinese electronics company said its MIUI 11-based smartphones and Mi TV set-top boxes now include an early earthquake warning feature. Xiaomi claims the […]

Xiaomi’s Mi Watch looks like an Apple Watch but it’s half the price

[ad_1] The Mi Watch has a 44mm face covered by a 1.78-inch AMOLED screen with a 326ppi pixel density. There will be two versions available — one with an aluminum body and strap, and one with a stainless steel bezel and strap. It comes with a built-in microphone for making calls or recording voice notes, […]

Xiaomi’s first real smartwatch looks just like an Apple Watch

[ad_1] Details are still a little scarce, but Xiaomi did take to official Weibo channels to reveal basic specs. Falling under Xiaomi’s “Mijia” IoT sub-brand, the Mi Watch comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100, and will independently support WiFi, GPS and NFC, plus an eSIM, so you’ll be able to make calls via the […]

Samsung’s midrange phones helped its market share surge in Europe

[ad_1] That was reflected in the other victor from the quarter. Xiaomi’s share nearly grew by half to 9.6 percent on the back of mid-priced phones like the Redmi Note 7. It wasn’t pretty for other vendors. Huawei appeared to have reeled from the effects of the US blacklisting, sinking to 18.8 percent share. Nokia […]

Xiaomi’s new Mi CC phones are aimed at young people

[ad_1] Mi CC stands for Camera+Camera, referring to the upcoming phones’ dual camera setups. This would suggest Xiaomi hopes to attract teens by amplifying the photo-taking abilities of future devices. Specifications aren’t available yet, but they will feature front and back cameras, plus an “industry-leading algorithm empowered by the newly founded Xiaomi x Meitu AI […]